Stat of the Day

So after Thursday’s game against the Hawks, I’m listening to WEEI and Sean Grande throws out this statistic:

The Celtics have not had a 40-point scorer in a regular season game during the Big Three era.

I couldn’t believe it. I immediately went on my computer and started looking through numbers from the past four seasons (it’s true). I didn’t think it was possible, though. Not Paul Pierce. Not Ray Allen. Not even Glen “Big Baby” Davis, who I’ve always thought takes the perfect amount of jump shots, by the way.

You actually have to go all the way back to the 2005-06 season to find a 40-point scorer for the C’s. Pierce did it four times that year, including that classic 50-point game against the Cavs.

Talk about having depth and balance. Especially in today’s NBA.

Of course, the Celtics have done it twice during the postseason. Yes, the games are slightly more important, but benches also shrink and starters’ minutes are always higher.

That should be the proof. It is surprising, but nothing comes up. Pierce did have a 39-point game against Toronto (1/12/09) and a couple 37s. But that's it for the regular season.

Cool Hand Luke

Thanks.

complexity

That is kind of crazy. You got to figure that Pierce and Allen would have done it a couple more times if it wasn't for sitting out the whole fourth quarter a bunch of times. Doc isn't very big on letting the guys pad their stats.

JP-

That is surprising, especially given the amount of times that Ray or Paul have been scorching hot

LStrike

I would love to see a video of every one of Ray Allen's points in that Bulls game.